The Iowa Caucus is the first major “test” a candidate’s message is subjected to. The idea behind the Iowa Caucus is that if a candidate is well received in Iowa, he/she has a chance at real competition in the election.

Shabdkosh.com is a English to Hindi (and vice-versa) online dictionary.

Hinge is a dating app with a focus on extended friend networks and relationships. (i.e: Hinge is for relationships in the way Tinder is for hookups.)

Studio Ghibli is a animation firm based in Tokyo. The company’s art production style is now unique and globally recognized.

“Swatting” is the practice of making anonymous false alarm 911 calls on players of online video games. The anonymous tip offs are usually reporting a violent crime which results in the deployment of a S.W.A.T team to the “offender’s” address.

Arm-span is the distance between the tips of an individual’s fingertips. This is also known as wingspan.

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Had lunch at Crabtrees; though the food was good, the french fries were extremely disappointing.

I thought the first day of Spring was the 21st of March.

I discovered this word because of a typo! A friend of mine actually looked it up for me.

Ellen Pao became interim Chief Executive of Reddit in November 2014; she is also a lawyer.

VAIO is no longer owned by Sony; the company is challenging Sony’s Xperia brand by producing its own VAIO smartphone.

The Hecht-Calandra Act was passed in 1971; it allows for the administration of an exam to determine acceptances into New York City’s 8 specialized high schools. (Fiorello H. LaGuardia uses an audition process.)

The Equalify team is planning to release a Pro version of their equalizer. The most recent update to Spotify doesn’t work with the existing Equalify installation.

The For Dummiesseries of books is published by Jon Wiley & Sons. The first entry in the series was DOS For Dummies in 1991.